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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-09-2011, 01:14 AM
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Last of the monarchs are coming off. Inside 72 hours from when this pic was taken.
This critter will have undergone metamorphisis and started an app. 1100 mile
journey to some oyamel fir trees in mexico.We regularly see tagged monarchs here
from northwestern new york state as they pass through.Those,travel about
2200 miles,one way.
Monarch caterpillar on immature milkweed.(head is to right)
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-01-2011, 01:37 AM
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When I first started working a piece of ground here, seventeen years ago.
Never had to deal with kentucky corn borers until six years ago.Yearly ritual now,
amazing how fast some moths propigate and spread.(not a corn borer BTW,Albert)
A filmshot through some old pentax stuff last week.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-20-2011, 09:33 AM
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Looks nice H-man,seems like that zoom range be handy on a tube. cover alot of stuff.
Grasshopper on slide film
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-16-2011, 03:00 AM
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See the "ant" in that critter now that you've decribed it Noel,thats fasinating.
Like your shot too Dave.Grew up watching all those disney nature shorts.
"Natures half acre" being favorite,lot of the earlier stuff was B/W, kinda
reminiscent of those.Been shooting mostly film lately(process this weekend)
had to dig this out of archives from a couple weeks ago.
Different angle on arboreal orb weaver.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-15-2011, 05:12 PM
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Sure you want to H? Sonofagun looks hungry.
Been trying catch tarantula hawk (wasp) here.No luck so far.They'll spectacular to
see when a burrowing spider is encountered by one.
Sure is, Noel. Have some nice ones yourself.
4th pic reminds me of a caddis fly (with down wing) rest of insect doesnt.
any ideal what that is?
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-14-2011, 09:24 AM
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Have a little plot of ground I farm here,met with state agri. rep. to go over some things.
Talking about orb weavers vs. garden spiders one difference is related to web.
Here,true orb weaver builds new web daily,destroys(eats) old just before sun-up,
starts new in evening.Garden variety builds one,will build another if something like
enviromental damage occurs and requires re-building.Sounds like taxonomic classification varies widely,through out world.
Fantastic pic Yeatz,rarely see them here.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-05-2011, 04:12 PM
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Looks like cardinal has a tasty treat there Pete.Cicadas still coming off here,birds are eating well. Green darner dragonfly from 'pooch walk' this morning.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-03-2011, 03:30 AM
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From couple days ago,been so windy dragonfly kinda emblematic of conditions...
'just hold on and hope for the best'
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-28-2011, 06:06 PM
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Sorry Mar,couldnt resist that venum drippin "beaut".With what looks like a month
of 16 hour days coming up because of Irene,wish all "gals" were as easy going as you.
Heres cicada from other day. Is a great time of year to be out 'buggin',
bunch of spectacular results from folks in here.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-27-2011, 11:49 PM
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Caught my little spider buddy again.Had him?/her? smile this time.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-26-2011, 01:22 PM
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This thing spins new web daily here,trying to "dial in" coffee filters to get it all in focus.
Never realized some spiders have 'eyes' on their butt.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-25-2011, 04:10 PM
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Been trying somewhat same on K20, MD. Hard to answer,seems when in Av,with an "A" series lens,
thumbwheel/menu adjustments are there.Using "M" series (without)
lens info contacts,it seems like there no adjustment in-spite menu/thumbwheel options.
Also contray to what camera manual says.Been playing around with an old AF200s on K20.
Rubber-banded two coffee filters over lamp for diffuser and used aluminum foil to
bounce light back into photo eye for as short an impulse as possible,on that manual flash.
This is what I got with a ciccada this moring,with that setup.Still harsh and hard
looking.Bouncing and automation give best results.Moving remote flash off of body
to side-light and increase contrast probably help a little too.
Had old tamron zoom with de-glazed 2x TC for app. 25mm extension tube on this,
using AF200s.(Sunlight is 'magic elixar')
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